Purchasing Power Parity · Cyprus
Cost of living in 🇨🇾 Cyprus vs the United States
Cyprus has a US-relative price level of 0.646 (US = 1.0) — about 35% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Cyprus
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $77,399 | $32,300 |
| $80,000 | $123,839 | $51,680 |
| $120,000 | $185,759 | $77,520 |
| $180,000 | $278,638 | $116,280 |
| $250,000 | $386,997 | $161,500 |
“Feels like” = income ÷ price level; “cost of a US lifestyle” = income × price level. Try your own number in the interactive calculator.
How the sources compare
Each provider measures Cyprus's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.646 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.647 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.644 2025
Penn World Table 0.933 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.669 2025
Eurostat (GDP) 0.631 2024
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.639 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Cyprus is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇲🇹 Malta — price level 0.645
- 🇯🇵 Japan — price level 0.641
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia — price level 0.638
- 🇪🇸 Spain — price level 0.658
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica — price level 0.627
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Cyprus compared to the United States?
- Cyprus has a price level of 0.646 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 35% cheaper than the United States), based on the median of independent votes from the World Bank/IMF (one vote — both use the official exchange rate), the Eurostat-OECD PPP programme and the Penn World Table, reference year 2025.
- What is a $100,000 salary worth in Cyprus?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $154,799 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Cyprus; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $64,600.
- Where does the Cyprus cost-of-living data come from?
- Real price-level figures from the World Bank, IMF World Economic Outlook, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table, blended as a per-country median of independent votes and refreshed at build time.